DECRYPTION – After Amazon and Microsoft, it’s Google’s turn to announce the dismissal of 12,000 employees.
For tech too, it’s the end of abundance. After Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce or Twitter, it’s Google’s turn to announce this Friday the largest layoff plan in its history. No less than 12,000 employees will lose their jobs in the coming weeks, which represents approximately 5% of the group’s global workforce. These cuts will affect the Google entity (search engine, advertising technologies, cloud, connected devices, etc.) but also the Waymo (research on the autonomous car) or Verily (health research) divisions, which have represented financial chasms for many years. .
“All functions and hierarchical levels are concerned, in different regions of the worldsaid the general manager, Sundar Pichai, in an e-mail made public. We have undertaken a rigorous review of our divisions to ensure our resources are aligned with our highest priorities as a business.”
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